Mercer Cost of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2009
(including rental accommodation costs)
The indices are based on Mercer's cost of living database and are modified to include rental accommodation costs and to reflect constant weighting and basket items. We do not recommend that expatriates use the figures represented here to compare their own compensation packages.
Rankings		City	Country	COL Index
Mercer Cost of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2009	2008/3/1			2009/3/1	2008/3/1
1	2	Tokyo	Japan	143.7	127
2	11	Osaka	Japan	119.2	110
3	1	Moscow	Russia	115.4	142.4
4	8	Geneva	Switzerland	109.2	115.8
5	6	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	108.7	117.6
6	9	Zurich	Switzerland	105.2	112.7
7	7	Copenhagen	Denmark	105	117.2
8	22	New York City	US	100	100
9	20	Beijing	China	99.6	101.9
10	13	Singapore	Singapore	98	109.1
134	133	Tunis	Tunisia	58.4	64.4
135	117	Chennai (Madras)	India	57.7	69.3
136	142	Quito	Ecuador	56.3	54.6
137	108	Mexico City	Mexico	55.5	73.6
138	78	Auckland	New Zealand	54	81
139	93	Wellington	New Zealand	52.3	77.6
140	141	Karachi	Pakistan	50.7	54.7
141	143	Asuncion	Paraguay	49.9	52.5
142	131	Monterrey	Mexico	49.8	65.8
143	140	Johannesburg	South Africa	49.6	60.4